*battakh

DUCK

Notes

This word is ultimately from Arabic bat̤t̤ax, from which it was borrowed into many Indo-Aryan languages, and from there into TB. This disyllabic root has been monosyllabized in various ways in TB languages, but has sometimes survived as a disyllable.

Other areal words for DUCK that have been borrowed into TB are Nepali #5717 IA *hā̩s DUCK, Mandarin #5718 CH *yāzi DUCK, and Austro-Tai #5713 PLB *bay¹/² DUCK.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 10 subgroups

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)phàtàk n.‘duck (<Hindi batakh)’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)phàtàk-saʔ#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ n.‘duck meat ('duck' + 'meat')’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagaphotük ‘duck’Murry 78: 35

Lotha Nagapotak ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtambhatak ‘duck’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtamphatak ‘duck’Kumar 73 Sang

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Angami (Khonoma)tomorpheme◦pha ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)tomorpheme◦pha ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokritumorpheme◦pha ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Noctepak◦makmorpheme ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang4

Changphatak ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

Phombat⁵⁵æk⁵⁵ ‘duck’Burling 98 Phom

Phompatak ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

Wanchoao#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦pak ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho5

Jingphokhai³³morphemepjek⁵⁵ ‘duck’Liu 84

Jingphokhai³³morphemepje̱k⁵⁵ n‘duck’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0300.19

Jingphokhai³³morphemepjek⁵⁵ ‘duck’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 138.47

Jingphokhaimorpheme◦pyek ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphou#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦pyek ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Chaudangsibətək ‘duck’Krishan 2003: 69

Kanauribɔ̆tɔ̆k n‘duck’Bailey 11

Rajibətək ‘duck’[Source note] (IA).Krishan 2003: 103

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Athpare (Rai)beʔ◦wa#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’ ‘duck’Ebert 97 Athpare

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5716, *battakh ‘DUCK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5716

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5716,
  title  = {{*battakh 'DUCK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5716},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5716}
}